Remarks by J. Blake Capps
78 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“But you are. You're exposing it to us by keeping your motion on the table.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“to award the limited industrial on the 3.7 acre piece because it's mandatory rezoning and to leave the existing M1 zoning on the larger piece, which is 104 acres.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, I don't think that piece of land is big enough. That would be a problem with size.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, what would be the setbacks, Pete, on that 3.7 acres? Like, If we give them limited industrial on the 3.7 acres, you can't build on the full 3.7 acres. You can only build on probably an acre or two, right?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“So you're thinking we could build a data center on 3.7 acres?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“And that therefore we should go ahead and expose the rest of the property to a gigantic data center of 104 acres? Why don't you just limit it to the little tiny data center on Powerline Road and not put a gigantic one in on the 104 acres?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, no, no, it's not. M1 zoning is not heavy industrial.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“But I just heard the county attorney say that M1 does not have a data center as approved use.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“So, Paul, you mentioned that the MI is basically A light industrial use. Yes, sir.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“So you could build like an industrial park, a light industrial park on the full parcel here with existing zoning?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, as in prior discussions, I think we've talked about how the state of Florida has a list of targeted industry businesses. and data centers is on the list for the state of Florida. And what I wanted to put out there so that we all understand, Paul, you mentioned that if a building is over 100,000 square feet, it comes back to the board. From what I understand, If it's a targeted industry on a list of targeted industries created by the state of Florida, it doesn't come back to the board. It's administratively approved. So in the future, if a data center were to come online, it's very…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, most data centers would probably be over 100,000 square feet. So in those cases, the data center would be administratively approved.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. All right. I don't think I've had enough questions. Commissioner Hetherington.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“I don't have any, and that's been filed.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes. Commissioner Hurd, I was wondering if you could explain your position one more time about number two.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, does that mean that we're not getting the trees one day, like in another location? I thought you said I thought your concern was that they were an FDOT right of way. And Jim, I thought you said that we could plant the tree somewhere else. Does that resolve the problem?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“I just wanted to learn a little bit more about the processes for yard waste. So it's picked up in people's yards by waste management, right?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“And then they take it over to the landfill and run it through the weight process, you know, the scales, and they drop it off in a building there and it gets picked up by these people and taken somewhere.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“So they're responsible for the disposal of everything, you know, and they have their places. Okay, thanks.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Are you sure you want me to do this now? Or why don't we do it when we get there?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“You want to just do it now? Yeah. I can go and do it now.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Whatever works for you. All right. Sounds good.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“That is a motion? Yes. Okay. I would like to just make a couple of comments before I second the motion. I would like to remind us all that this proposed budget does not raise the millage rates. We call this a flat budget. The millage rates are going to be exactly what they were last year. And I want to thank staff and department leaders for coming in with their proposed budgets this year reasonably and conservatively. I believe they did that. The entire budget is going up by 5.4 percent. When you think of the national inflation rate, everything goes up in price. It's not that far off from…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026